Three Gorges Dam: Impact of Water Level Changes on the Density of Schistosome-Transmitting Snail Oncomelania hupensis in Dongting Lake Area, China.

• Автори: Jin-Yi Wu (Автор), Yi-Biao Zhou (Автор), Yue Chen (Автор), Song Liang (Автор), Lin-Han Li (Автор), Sheng-Bang Zheng (Автор), Shao-ping Zhu (Автор), Guang-Hui Ren (Автор), Xiu-Xia Song (Автор), Qing-Wu Jiang (Автор)
• Формат: Книга
• Опубліковано: Public Library of Science (PLoS), 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z.
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BACKGROUND:Schistosomiasis remains an important public health issue in China and worldwide. Oncomelania hupensis is the unique intermediate host of schistosoma japonicum, and its change influences the distribution of S. japonica. The Three Gorges Dam (TGD) has substantially changed the ecology and e...